Playboy will put a picture of a 39-year-old Hugh Hefner on the cover of its November/December issue.

The founder’s cover appearance marks only the 11th time that a male has appeared on the cover — and the first time a man has appeared on the cover alone.

Hefner passed away on Sept. 27 at age 91, two days before the issue went to press.

A separate 100-page tribute issue hits in November.

The magazine could use a boost. In the latest six-month period ended June 30, circulation was down 30 percent, to 474,220, from the same period a year earlier, according to the Alliance for Audited Media.

Newsstand circulation was down 50 percent over the same period.